Elon is putting the emphasis on the “bo” in robovan, so I wasn’t quite sure what he was saying at first. But yeah, it’s obviously not a conventional looking van.
The robotaxi will charge wirelessly through an inductive charger, Musk says. Tesla has long teased wireless charging for its EVs.
This is becoming a running theme with Musk: the idea that the unused compute power of millions of idle Tesla vehicles could be used like Amazon’s cloud service business. Of course, it’s not that easy.
Elon says he plans on starting fully autonomous Model 3 and Model Y trips in Texas and California “next year.” Cybercab won’t go into production until “2026... before 2027.”
Cheers as Musk says the cost will be “below $30,000.” Take that with a huge grain of salt.
Elon selling autonomous cars as a time saver, which is a very familiar argument for anyone who has been paying attention to the AV industry.
Elon gets in. It’s driving him through the film lot. There are 20 of them on the lot, and another 30 driverless Model Ys.
That’s what my wife just asked me about this event, which was supposed to begin FIFTY ONE MINUTES AGO.
(The answer is no, it hasn’t.)
That’s Instagram chief Adam Mosseri’s response to Walt Mossberg’s frustration about recent Threads engagement. Mosseri acknowledged that Mossberg has a “handful” of posts with engagement that seems “remarkably low.”
In a related update, my colleague Umar Shakir, who wrote yesterday about Instagram disabling his account for allegedly being underage (he’s not), had his account restored with no word from Meta.
